diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index d95034ae64f691eb9774f5751e4d0475c40cde69..a461823644fbf573b1b4fe4b88335bc1fadabe67 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -526,12 +526,6 @@ void blk_mq_add_to_requeue_list(struct request *rq, bool at_head)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_add_to_requeue_list);
 
-void blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work);
-
 void blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	kblockd_schedule_delayed_work(&q->requeue_work, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index a9e9e781bb770c44808f43b65838ae015bc6396b..060ccc5a4b1ceb6cd609e17c02fbc3178187efc8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ static void dm_mq_stop_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, q);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
-	/* Avoid that requeuing could restart the queue. */
-	blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work(q);
 	blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(q);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 329381a28edf8a7e4b3bb4c6ca2da669ee9caa4a..a764c2aa00a11ce72abea0501bd146023046e67f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2081,7 +2081,6 @@ void nvme_stop_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, ns->queue);
 		spin_unlock_irq(ns->queue->queue_lock);
 
-		blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work(ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(ns->queue);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index aa930009fcd317fae9afcf4d83254694b1b2214e..a85a20f80aaa37e80ce00842bab2d87774414faa 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ void __blk_mq_end_request(struct request *rq, int error);
 
 void blk_mq_requeue_request(struct request *rq);
 void blk_mq_add_to_requeue_list(struct request *rq, bool at_head);
-void blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_delay_kick_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long msecs);
 void blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q);